Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/ Staff Correspondent Bellview blaze: Calls went out at about 7:15 p.m. Sept. 30 for multiple emergency personnel to respond to an address on Grape Thicket Road, where a mobile home was on fire that led to a second home burning.
Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent Customer appreciation: Steven Aft of State Farm Insurance in Murphy, with office founder Betsy Lane, extended a big thank you to all of their customers on Oct. 1.
This is the front page of the Oct. 7, 2020, edition of the Cherokee Scout, which was five years ago this week.
Cannon Crompton/sports@cherokeescout.com Senior Emma Laney reacts to the announcement that she is the 2025 Murphy High School homecoming queen Friday night on David Gentry Field. See every member of the Bulldogs’ homecoming court on page 12A.
Photos by Michelle Bradbeer/Staff Correspondent John C. Campbell Folk School’s Morris Dancers brought colorful outfits, musical instrucments and traditional folk songs to the 49th annual Fall Festival on Saturday and Sunday in Brasstown. A packed house was on hand over two gorgeous autumn days to celebrate the kickoff of the folk school’s 100th anniversary celebration.
Photos by Randy Foster/editor@cherokeescout.com The Murphy office of the U.S. Forest Service, above and below was closed Monday as part of the federal government’s shutdown.